JPH0647948Y2 - Rotating brush type snow drift accelerator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary brush type snow drift accelerating device suitable for accelerating snow slid from a chute of a snow plow and sliding it to a long distance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In removing snow from a railroad, when houses are crowded and there is no place to throw snow, the snow must be loaded on a freight car and thrown away to another place. In such cases,
Conventionally, a freight car is connected to a snow plow, and snow is slid as it is from a snow throw chute of a snow plow to a slider to be loaded on the freight car.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method in which the snow is slid on the slider as it is only by the snow throwing force and gravity of the blower of the snow remover, the snow loading capacity is increased to remove the snow in one operation. If the number of freight cars connected to the snow removal vehicle is increased in order to complete the above, there is a problem in that the downward slope of the slider becomes small, which impedes the loading of snow on the freight cars. If there is a large amount of snow or the trains run at short intervals, the above-mentioned drawbacks will become noticeable and delays will occur.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating brush type snow drift accelerating device which can slide snow to reach a distant place even if the downward slope of the slider is small.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rotating brush having wire members such as wires planted on the outer periphery of a rotating shaft, and bearings at both ends, which are substantially horizontal. The cover supporting the rotating shaft of the rotating brush on the bearing and covering substantially the upper half of the rotating brush, and the rotating brush on the slider on which snow is flowed, with the axial direction of the rotating shaft substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the slider. In this state, a support mechanism that is vertically adjustable together with the cover is supported, and a rotary drive device that rotates the rotary brush in the circumferential direction.

[0006]

Operation: While rotating the rotary brush in the snow feeding direction by the rotary drive device, the snow is flown on the slider. The snow that flows through the slider touches the rotating brush, is accelerated, accelerates its speed, and vigorously slides on the slider. Therefore, the snow can reach a long distance even if the downward slope of the slider is small. The height of the rotary brush with respect to the slider is adjusted by the support mechanism according to the amount of snow flowing through the slider.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The attached drawings show an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 in the drawing is a slider. The slider 1 is removably laid on a freight car (not shown) connected to a snow plow (not shown), and receives the snow discharged from the chute of the snow plow and flows it to the freight car.

A pair of columns 2 and 2 are provided on the left and right of the slider 1 so as to be fixed to a fixed member such as a freight car. Each pillar 2, 2
Has a pair of upper and lower links 3, 4. The links 3 and 4 are attached to the columns 2 and 2 so as to be vertically rotatable by pivots 5 and 6. And, the left and right two sets of links 3,
One cover 9 is attached to the tips of 4, 3 and 4 by pivots 7 and 8. The pivot 6 is installed between the columns 2 and 2.

A cylinder 11 is attached to each of the columns 2 and 2 by a pin 12, and a piston rod 11a of the cylinder 11 is pin-connected to a root end of a link 4. The distance between the pivots 5 and 6 of the pillar 2 and the distance between the pivots 7 and 8 of the cover 9 are equal, and the distance between the pivots 5 and 7 of the link 3 and the distance between the pivots 6 and 8 of the link 4 are equal. Has been done. Therefore, when the cylinder 11 is operated to rotate the link 4 in the vertical direction about the pivot 6 as a fulcrum, the cover 9 moves in the vertical direction about the pivots 5 and 6 without losing its posture. The pillar 2, the links 3 and 4, the cylinder 11, and the like form a support mechanism 13.

The cover 9 is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape, and has bearings 14, 14 at its left and right ends. A pair of bearings 14,1
A rotating shaft 16 of a rotating brush 15 is supported by 4.
The rotating brush 15 is formed by implanting a wire member 17 such as wire around the outer circumference of the rotating shaft 16 and is rotatable in the circumferential direction about the rotating shaft 16. The rotating brush 15 has a cover 9 covering substantially the upper half thereof, and the lower part exposed from the cover 9 is inserted into the slider 1.

At both ends of the rotary shaft 16 of the rotary brush 15,
A rotary drive device 18 such as a hydraulic motor is connected. Each of the rotary drive devices 18, 18 rotates the rotary brush 15 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1 to move the snow S in the slider 1 from left to right in FIG. A snow fly prevention plate 19 is provided on the downstream side of the cover 9. The snow flying prevention plate 19 prevents the snow S from being scattered upward by the rotating brush 15. The flow velocity of the snow S by the rotating brush 15 is about 25 m / sec.

Next, the operation of the rotary brush type snow drift accelerating device according to the present invention having the above construction will be described. When a plurality of freight cars are connected to a snow plow to remove snow from the railway, a large number of sliders 1 are connected with a descending slope as large as possible and laid on each freight car. It is fixed and the rotating brush 15 is supported on the slider 1 together with the cover 9 and the like.

In this way, the snow brush and the freight car are run while the rotary brush 15 is rotated by the rotary drive device 18.
Snow S flows from the chute onto the slider 1. Slider 1
The snow S flown upward gradually decreases its speed due to frictional resistance. The rotating brush 15 in rotation touches the snow S flowing through the slider 1 to accelerate it. Therefore, the snow S increases in speed and vigorously flows backward, and falls into the last freight car. When the last freight car is filled with snow, the slider 1 at the back is removed and the next freight car is loaded with snow. The snow removal work will be continued in the same manner.

If the number of connected freight cars is large, install this device in two
Set up more than one base and let snow reach the last wagon. The cylinder 11 is adjusted according to the thickness of the snow S flowing through the slider 1 and the quality of the snow.
Is operated to adjust the height of the rotary brush 15 with respect to the slider 1.

In the above description, the case where snow is loaded on a train car by a slider has been described. However, this device can be applied to a case other than a train car, for example, when snow is flowed to a slider installed on the ground. Needless to say.

[0016]

As described above, the rotary brush type snow drift accelerating device according to the present invention is provided with a rotary brush having wire rods and other linear members planted on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft and bearings at both ends. A cover that covers the upper half of the horizontal rotating brush and supports the rotating shaft of the rotating brush with a bearing, and the rotating brush is placed on the slider on which snow is flowed so that the axial direction of the rotating shaft is substantially in the longitudinal direction of the slider. Since it is provided with a support mechanism that is vertically adjustable together with the cover in an orthogonal state and a rotary drive device that rotates the rotary brush in the circumferential direction, the downward gradient of the slider is small. However, the rotating brush accelerates the snow and gives it momentum to reach far away. Therefore, in the case of railway snow removal, it is possible to increase the number of connected freight cars and complete snow removal in a short time by one operation, and prevent the timetable from being disturbed due to a delay in snow removal work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a rotary brush type snow drift accelerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present device as viewed from the front.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 slider 9 cover 13 support mechanism 14 bearing 15 rotating brush 16 rotating shaft 17 linear member 18 rotation drive device

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Hachiro Ishii 2-2 Myorincho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rotary brush having a linear member such as a wire planted on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft, and a rotary shaft of the rotary brush which covers substantially the upper half of the rotary brush which has bearings at both ends and is substantially horizontal. A support mechanism that supports the rotating brush above and below the slider and the cover on which the snow is flowed so that the rotating brush is vertically adjustable together with the cover in a state where the axial direction of the rotating shaft is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the slider. And a rotary drive device for rotating the rotary brush in the circumferential direction, the rotary brush type snow drift accelerating device.